gowsay v2.0.0 🐮

gowsay v2.0.0 🐮

A complete refactoring of gowsay focused on simplicity, maintainability, and modern Go practices.

What's New

Single Binary, Multiple Modes

• CLI Tool: Full-featured command-line interface with pipe support
• Web UI: Modern, polished interface with dark mode
• JSON API: RESTful endpoints for Slack and other integrations
• 51 Cow Variations: More moo-tastic characters than ever
• 8 Moods: borg, dead, greedy, paranoid, stoned, tired, wired, young

Key Features

• 🎨 Modern web UI with dark mode toggle
• 📋 Copy to clipboard functionality
• 📱 Mobile responsive design
• 🚀 Single binary deployment with embedded assets
• ✅ Comprehensive test suite (89.7% API, 97.6% core rendering)
• 🔄 GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
• 🤖 Dependabot for automated dependency updates

Breaking Changes

• Removed legacy Tokopedia dependencies (grace, logging, gcfg)
• Switched to stdlib net/http for server
• Configuration now via environment variables only (no config files)

Installation

Download Pre-built Binaries

Choose your platform from the assets below.

From Source

```bash
go install github.com/vnykmshr/gowsay@v2.0.0
```

Docker

```bash
docker pull ghcr.io/vnykmshr/gowsay:v2.0.0
```

Usage

CLI

```bash
gowsay hello world
gowsay -c dragon -m dead "fire and blood"
echo "from stdin" | gowsay -c tux
```

Server

```bash
gowsay serve

or

PORT=8080 GOWSAY_TOKEN=secret gowsay serve
```

Bug Fixes

• Fixed random cow selection bug (removed non-existent 'kiss' cow)
• Resolved CI lint errors and test failures
• Fixed Dependabot configuration validation
• Updated documentation accuracy

Full Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for complete details.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading from v1.x, note the breaking changes above. Configuration files are no longer supported - use environment variables instead.